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so i've just got Dolphin downloaded and it won't start.

it gives me the error attached
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how do i fix this?
Your attachment didn't upload correctly. What platform? Where did you download dolphin from? What have you tried? Help us help you.

Also, posting questions in ALL CAPS with 6 question marks is poor forum etiquette and usually a good way to get ignored. People don't usually like helping people who seem impatient.
If you're downloading the latest dev/beta builds, you need to extract the whole Dolphin-x64 folder from the 7zip file. If you're trying to use the 5.0 stable version, don't do that and use the dev/beta builds instead.
Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 aren't supported by Dolphin anymore. You should upgrade to Windows 10 or newer if you want access to the most recent builds, otherwise the last Dolphin version that works with your OS is 5.0-16391...